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  • Flaming Mouse Story Doused

    01/10/2006 10:48:30 AM PST · by CedarDave · 14 replies · 889+ views
    KOAT-TV7, Albuquerque ^ | January 10, 2006 | KOAT-TV7, Albuquerque
    FORT SUMNER, N.M. -- A small town rumor that sparked world wide interest about a mouse burning down a house has been found to be untrue. After 81-year-old Chano Mares's house burned down Saturday in Fort Sumner, news services picked up the quirky story. "Flaming Mouse Burns Down House" read the headline over an Associated Press story that appeared on TheNewMexicoChannel.com, for example. According to the initial report, Mares threw the critter in a pile of burning leaves near his home, but it ran back to the house on fire. A local firefighter said the mouse ran to just beneath...